Opening the season with a young and inexperienced squad, the Hillsboro Indians will host the Western Brown Broncos in Week 1 at Richards Memorial Field.

Opening the season with a young and inexperienced squad, the Hillsboro Indians will host the Western Brown Broncos in Week 1 at Richards Memorial Field.

It is a new season for the Paint Valley Bearcats, and this season they have a new Week 1 opponent for the '11 season in the Belpre Golden Eagles.

It is a new season for the Paint Valley Bearcats, and this season they have a new Week 1 opponent for the '11 season in the Belpre Golden Eagles.

No injuries and moderate damage have been reported during a structure fire in the 300 block of Vine Street Wednesday evening. 

At approximately 7 p.m. Hillsboro Fire and Rescue received a report of the fire. 

Hillsboro Fire Chief Jerry Powell said that he did not believe anyone was at home at the time the fire began. 

No injuries and moderate damage have been reported during a structure fire in the 300 block of Vine Street Wednesday evening. 

At approximately 7 p.m. Hillsboro Fire and Rescue received a report of the fire. 

Hillsboro Fire Chief Jerry Powell said that he did not believe anyone was at home at the time the fire began. 

Crystal Rains, 69, of Hillsboro, died Monday, Aug. 22, 2011 at her residence.

The Patri-Tots Learning Center will host an open house from 4-6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 1, on Southern State Community College’s Central Campus location, 200 Hobart Drive, Hillsboro.

Citizens would be wise to keep a more watchful eye on their government. Attending a town hall meeting once every five or 10 years is all well and good, but government – on all levels – works best when the taxpayers are keeping close tabs. More modest increases in salaries, wages and benefits during the city's Gilded Age would have left some funds available for infrastructure. Of course it didn't happen.